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Of the stories Pew focused on, 47 percent concentrated on supportive viewpoints, while 9 percent concentrated on opposition. Forty-four percent of stories were neutral or presented a balance of opinions.

On Twitter, the split was more even, Pew found. An analysis of tweets found 31 percent were supportive, 28 percent were opposed and 42 percent were neutral, a split more in line with public opinion, Pew said. A recent Pew poll found the public split 51 percent in favor of same-sex marriage to 42 percent against.

Pew analyzed nearly 500 stories from more than 50 sources from March 18, the week before the Supreme Court heard arguments in the gay marriage case, to May 12. POLITICO was one of the websites Pew included in its analysis.